I know a lot of artists say, 'If you want your song on my record, I get 50 per cent' I'd like to kick them in the face.

Like every other girl in the world, my most embarrassing moment had to do with a guy completely turning me down. His loss!

My experiences remind me that it's those black clouds that make the blue skies even more beautiful.

I'm very friendly or whatever, but I would hardly say that I'm that cookie-cutter. I don't live in L.A. or New York. I live in Texas, and I go to hole-in-the-wall bars, so there's no paparazzi there.

I never said I was a 'good girl.' I'm not a bad girl.

People keep asking me if I am having more fun, being blonde, but I always have fun! Whether I'm blonde, redhead, or brunette! I always have fun.

God will never give you anything you can't handle, so don't stress.

I'm a hygiene freak. I'm like obsessive-compulsive when it comes to washing your hands.

Honestly, I just think we all have special gifts, everyone. You know, obviously, some are more noticeable than others and that's why there's the limelight. Everybody's in it.

Everything changes, but beauty remains.

I've never been more nervous in my life than singing the national anthem at the Super Bowl.

I had learned quickly that life doesn't always go the way I want it to, and that's okay. I still plod on.

Too often we make it more about what stands before us, and we miss all that stands within us.

Patient endurance is the greatest life survival skills.

We are not strangers. It’s a lack of trust that keeps us separated.

Doing something positive will help turn your mood around. When you smile, your body relaxes. When you experience human touch and interaction, it eases tension in your body.

In modern America, Judeo-Christian beliefs are often held up to ridicule and disdain by the media.

Earth: mostly harmless

If the world is irrational, we can never know it -- either it or its irrationality.

Who but an English professor would threaten to kill a duck a day and hold up a goose as an example?

Of two evils, the lesser must always be chosen De duobus malis, minus est semper eligendum